R&B: Last News

Usher is returning to the spotlight.Starting Aug. 14, the eight-time Grammy winner kicks off his 60-concert North American ‘Past Present Future Tour’ that will send him to arenas all over the U.S. and Canada up until Nov.

Kehlani has announced the US leg of her world tour for new album ‘Crash‘ – see all dates and details below.The R&B singer has just released her fourth studio album ‘Crash’ last June, and has now revealed today (July 23) that she will be touring the record across the world. So far, the singer has only unveiled the US leg of the tour – but more dates are seemingly soon to come.UK R&B girl group FLO and Atlanta rapper Anycia have also been announced as Kehlani’s support acts.

Kehlani just crashed your fall plans.From September through November, the popular R&B singer will headline at venues all over North America on their 32-concert ‘Crash World Tour’ with special guests Flo and Anycia.That includes stops at Camden, NJ’s Freedom Mortgage Pavilion on Saturday, Sept. 14 and Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Friday, Sept.

TikTok star Harry Daniels has caught Kamala Harris off-guard by serenading her with a rendition of Beyoncé’s ‘Formation’. Check out the moment below.The moment took place less than one day after President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the presidential race over the weekend (July 21), and it was confirmed that vice president Kamala Harris would be representing the Democratic party in the upcoming election.In a clip shared online, Daniels – a TikTok star who frequently goes viral for singing to celebrities at random run-ins – is seen meeting the Democratic candidate in a hallway, and proceeding to serenade her with the opening lines of the 2016 song.“Y’all haters corny with that Illuminati mess / Paparazzi, catch my fly, and my cocky fresh / I’m so reckless when I rock my Givenchy dress,” he belted to Harris, as she looked back in disbelief.It was a fitting choice of song too, as the Vice President had just made her first public appearance since Biden’s announcement, and arrived at her first campaign staff meeting in Delaware by walking out to another Queen Bey track: ‘Freedom’.“Uh, hi?” she is seen saying to the influencer following the singing coming to an end.

The Weeknd has shared details of a “one-night-only” show in Brazil, which will see him introduce a “never-before-seen production” into the set.Announced today (July 18), the one-off gig is set to take place at the Estádio MorumBIS venue in São Paulo on Friday, September 7. It follows on from the singer – real name Abel Tesfaye – embarking on his ‘After Hours Til Dawn Tour’ over the past two years.Now, unlike his record-breaking tour, which saw him perform across North America, Europe, the UK and Latin America and draw over 3million visitors, the forthcoming show in Brazil will see a new performance put forward.

Sampha has announced a collaboration with Little Simz called ‘Satellite Business 2.0’.The new song seems to be a continuation to the original ‘Satellite Business’, which appeared on Sampha’s latest record ‘Lahai’.Now, the soul singer has teamed up with rapper Little Simz for a song together, which is set for release on July 16.The duo have not previously released any collaborations, though Little Simz appeared as a guest performer during Sampha’s huge set at Ally Pally in April this year.A post shared by Sampha (@sampha)Sampha recently appeared on the stacked guest feature lineup for Headie One’s new album, where Skrillex, AJ Tracey, Stormzy, Aitch and more also made an appearance.Speaking to NME about ‘The Last Ones’, Headie One shared: “It’s the last one but it’s not the last one you know? This album is about the place we come from, the negative things that happened and that are still in effect today so I’m giving a lot of home truths in this one.”He continued: “When I was making this album, I realised I was at the point I wanted to be when I dreamed about making music to actually doing it. Back then, I was in a different mindframe and needed to experience life before things were going good with the music.

Usher’s BET Lifetime Achievement Award speech was heavily censored.The singer was given the award in Sunday’s ceremony (June 30), where he also won the award for Best Male R&B/Pop Artist and was nominated for three others.However, viewers weren’t sure what he was saying in his acceptance speech after he swore in reference to his estranged father, leading to BET censoring him.Many of them took to X/Twitter to voice their frustration or poke fun at BET, with journalist Philip Lewis simply asking why the US is “so weird about curse words.”why is America so weird about curse words! #BETAwards— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 1, 2024The censor person in the back during Usher speech #BETAwards pic.twitter.com/cVjmXMfWOO— LENA (@_sdm26) July 1, 2024 Fortunately, however, the mics were on during his tribute performance, which featured an all-star group of singers covering some of Usher’s biggest hits.

D Double E, Ghetts and Mahalia.The event, taking place on September 13, will celebrate Black culture and honour Stephen’s birthday on what would be his 50th birthday. Other artists set to feature include Nao, Wretch 32, and the Kanneh-Masons.Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Stephen’s mother and the foundation’s founder, said: “Music has the power to touch people’s hearts and inspire shifts in how they view themselves and the world around them, much like Stephen did for those who knew and loved him, and the many who only know his story.

Normani has pulled out of her scheduled performance at the BET Awards due to an injury.The former Fifth Harmony member was due to perform at the BET Awards on Sunday night (June 30) in the United States. However, less than an hour before the show went live, the singer took to social media to share that she wouldn’t be able to perform “on doctor’s orders”.In the first of two posts on her Instagram Stories, Normani wrote: “I am more frustrated and disappointed than anyone, believe me.

SZA has wrapped up her headlining set at the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, drawing the 2024 edition of the festival to a close – here’s what she played.After teasing a new album at BST Hyde Park, SZA took over the Pyramid Stage as the final headliner at Worthy Farm 2024, which was mired by technical difficulties for a good portion of its runtime.For around 30 minutes, fans live-streaming SZA’s set were unable to hear the ‘Kill Bill’ properly, with some complaining that the mic was faulty and muddy. Once the issue was fixed however, SZA sounded great and went on to deliver an enchanting performance.SZA kicked off her set with ‘PSA’ and ‘Love Galore’, and played other hits like ‘F2F’ and ‘Kill Bill’ later on in the show.SZA performando ‘Love Galore’ no Glastonbury, em Londres pic.twitter.com/D0jrU4lA0R— SZA ICONIC (@szaiconic) June 30, 2024.@SZA performing ‘Snooze’ at Glastonbury! pic.twitter.com/P5MsEVAup2— SZA Source (@sourcesza) June 30, 2024.@SZA performing ‘Low’ at Glastonbury! pic.twitter.com/Lu4GFa2lJZ— SZA Source (@sourcesza) June 30, 2024‘PSA’‘Love Galore’‘Broken Clocks’‘All The Stars’‘Prom’‘Garden (Say It Like Dat)’‘Drew Barrymore’‘F2F’‘Forgiveless’‘Ghost in the Machine’‘Blind’‘Shirt’‘Kiss Me More’ (Doja Cat cover)‘I Hate U’‘Snooze’‘Kill Bill’‘Low’‘Special’‘Open Arms’‘Nobody Gets Me’‘Normal Girl’‘Saturn’‘Rich Baby Daddy’ (Drake cover)‘The Weekend’‘Good Days’’20 Something’For Sunday’s performances, Avril Lavigne treated the Other Stage to an unashamed nostalgia fest, earning the Canadian pop-punk princess a three-star rating.

SZA‘s headlining set at Glastonbury 2024 is here – but not without complications.On Sunday (June 30), the ‘Kill Bill’ singer took to the Pyramid Stage to close out the festival. However, the biggest set of her life turned out to be a nightmare for fans watching via livestream at home, as it was mired with technical difficulties.For the first 30 minutes of the performance, SZA’s mic was muffled and muddy, rendering the singer nearly inaudible.

Tinashe has released her brand new single ‘Getting No Sleep’ and confirmed more details for her album ‘Quantum Baby’.Following her runaway viral hit ‘Nasty’, the R&B singer dropped her new song on Friday (June 28), which continues the playful sensuality of her previous songs: “No bra, Santal, smells like cake / All good teeth and all gold Ace / He said, ‘Feels Friday like, different night, same vibe’ / Take you outside, movie scene every time”.The singer also shared the release date for her upcoming album ‘Quantum Baby’, which will arrive in August 16. It’s been described as the second part to a trilogy, with the first instalment ‘BB/Ang3l’ having arrived last year.“’Quantum Baby’ is about getting to know me on a deeper level,” the musician said of the album.

New Edition put on a six-concert residency at Las Vegas’ Encore Theatre at Wynn.Turns out that wasn’t enough for the NE Family.Near the end of their brief stint, the legendary group announced onstage that they were adding six more summer dates at the 1,480-seat venue.And, after four long months of waiting, Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, Ralph and Johnny are finally returning to the Encore Theatre. From July 3-13, the quintet will bring “Candy Girl,” “Can You Stand The Rain” and many, many more timeless R&B classics to the stage.If you want to be there to get down with them all over again, it isn’t too late to scoop up last-minute tickets.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on tickets for the six July shows was $85 before fees on Vivid Seats.Other shows start anywhere from $107 to $173 before fees.All things considered, that’s not bad for Vegas especially considering Ronnie DeVoe told the New York Post that the group “(brings) the same energy (they) sang the (songs) with back in the day.”Should those dates not work, New Edition will venture back to Sin City yet again from Oct.

Anderson. Paak just announced he’s embarking on his 14-concert ‘The Malibu Tour’ with The Free Nationals featuring jazz trumpeter Maurice Brown and R&B duo Gawd where they’ll play Paak’s Grammy-nominated breakthrough 2016 album with the same name in its entirety at all shows.Toward the end of the brief trek, Paak and co.

Jay-Z made a surprise appearance during Alicia Keys‘ performance at the 2024 Tony Awards last night (June 16) – watch the footage below.Keys’ Broadway musical Hell’s Kitchen was nominated for 13 awards at the ceremony, which took place at the Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in New York City.The R&B artist began singing ‘Empire State Of Mind’ – her 2009 collaborative single with Jay-Z – alongside the cast of her show.

Normani has spoken out about the pressure to release her delayed debut album.The former Fifth Harmony member has been teasing her debut since 2018, but struggled to produce her highly-anticipated debut album for fans. She even alluded to the long wait time when teasing the album earlier this year in her website address, ‘wheresthedamnalbum.com’.Now, the singer has spoken out on the reasons for its lengthy delay, partially owing to both her parents being diagnosed with cancer.In a new interview withThe Guardian, Normani shared that her mother Andrea was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020, 19 years after remission.

“I was a really shy kid, but the people who knew me knew I wasn’t really shy,” Zsela tells me from across a coffee table on the final day of May. She’s just arrived at The FADER office, decked out in denim, hair in long, golden braids.

Babyface, “My, My, My.”That was the feeling in the house at the Apollo on Tuesday night when both Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds and Usher Raymond IV — but really, only one name is necessary for each — were honored at the iconic Harlem institution as it celebrated its 90th anniversary with its annual spring benefit.No doubt — it was the ultimate soul-man showtime at the Apollo, raising more than $3 million for the nonprofit organization that has been the music mecca for everyone from Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald to James Brown and Aretha Franklin.Those velvet seats were feeling extra cushy on this night.After 2007 “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks opened the night with a medley of classics, it was all about the boys 90 years after the Apollo opened on Jan. 26, 1934, turning 125th Street into hollowed ground for generations of African-American artists.Given the fancy footwork that took Usher to the Super Bowl halftime stage this year, it was fitting that a dance performance including hits such as “Caught Up,” “Burn” and of course “Yeah!” paid tribute to the 45-year-old singer before he accepted the 2024 Icon Award.“It’s an Icon Award, so I feel like I can take a little more time,” Usher joked as he began his acceptance speech.And then he told the crowd that was standing in salute, “Don’t sit down — I love it.

Rihanna has joked about the long wait for her ninth studio album ‘R9’, while also revealing that she’s now “starting over” on the record.Fans have been eagerly awaiting news of new material, with her last album ‘Anti‘ arriving back in 2016. Now, at the launch party for Fenty Hair last night (Monday June 10), Rihanna joked about ‘R9”s delay. “[The product line] is probably the longest I’ve ever taken to create something,” before correcting herself: “No, I lied, that’s ‘R9’.”“This is probably the longest I’ve ever taken to create something.

Glastonbury Festival co-organiser Emily Eavis has responded to calls for a ticket ballot system, saying there has been “a discussion”.Eavis was speaking to Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw on a special edition of their Sidetracked podcast when she was asked how she planned to tackle the increasing demand for tickets.The final batch of tickets for this year’s festival sold out in 20 minutes in April. A limited amount of coach/ticket packages were snapped up in 18 minutes three days prior.Eavis had revealed earlier that the event had seen its “highest percentage of ticket balances paid ever”.

Chris Brown is working double time.The popular, controversial R&B singer just kicked off his ambitious, nationwide ’11:11′ arena tour — which includes four acts (!), audience requests (!) AND an encore (!) — and is also releasing music videos at a breakneck pace.Over the past few weeks, the 35-year-old dropped visuals for “Hmm,” “Feel Something” and “Press Me” on Instagram.If that’s not enough for you, it isn’t too late to catch Brown on the road; he currently has 36 shows remaining on his 2024 calendar from now until early August.That includes gigs at Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on Wednesday, June 12, Elmont, NY’s UBS Arena on Friday, June 14, and then Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Sunday, June 16 and Monday, June 17.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on ’11:11′ tickets was $38 before fees on Vivid Seats.To be fair, that’s for an afterparty show in Philly.All other shows start anywhere from $55 to $201 before fees.Want to see Brown “Poppin'” live?We’ve got everything you need to know and more about Chris Brown’s 2024 ’11:11 Tour’ below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.